An adapter apparatus for a headset accessory and a signal transfer method of the headset accessory are provided. The adapter apparatus includes an earphone jack, a connection interface and a device adapter circuit. The earphone jack is suitable for a plug of the headset accessory to plug in. The connection interface is suitable for being electrically connected with a portable device. The device adapter circuit is electrically connected to the earphone jack and the connection interface to receive a headset control signal of the headset accessory and provide a device control signal to the portable device via the connection interface. The device adapter circuit provides the device control signal based on a DC level and a frequency of the headset control signal.
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9. A signal transfer method of a headset accessory, adapted to an adapter apparatus for the headset accessory, wherein the adapter apparatus for the headset accessory is electrically connected to a headset accessory and a portable device, the signal transfer method comprising:
receiving a headset control signal of the headset accessory by a pre-amplifier and provide an amplified headset control signal;
receiving the amplified headset control signal of the headset accessory by a device adapter circuit;
determining a frequency of the amplified headset control signal and correspondingly provide a frequency determination signal by a signal extractor of the device adapter circuit;
determining a direct current (DC) level of the amplified headset control signal and correspondingly provide a level determination signal by a potential detector of the device adapter circuit; and
providing a device control signal to the portable device according to the frequency determination signal and the level determination signal by a signal comparison module of the device adapter circuit,
wherein the pre-amplifier comprises:
a high pass filter, receiving the headset control signal to provide a control reference signal,
a signal amplifier, coupled to the high pass filter to receive the control reference signal and provide an enhanced control signal; and
a filter, coupled to the signal amplifier to receive the enhanced control signal and provide the amplified headset control signal to the device adapter circuit.
1. An adapter apparatus for a headset accessory, comprising:
an earphone jack, suitable for a plug of the headset accessory to plug in;
a connection interface, suitable for being electrically connected with a portable device;
a pre-amplifier, coupled to the earphone jack to receive a headset control signal of the headset accessory and provide an amplified headset control signal; and
a device adapter circuit, electrically connected to the pre-amplifier and the connection interface to receive the amplified headset control signal of the headset accessory and provide a device control signal to the portable device via the connection interface, wherein the device adapter circuit comprises:
a signal extractor, receiving the amplified headset control signal to determine a frequency of the amplified headset control signal and correspondingly provide a frequency determination signal;
a potential detector, receiving the amplified headset control signal to determine a direct current (DC) level of the amplified headset control signal and correspondingly provide a level determination signal; and
a signal comparison module, coupled to the signal extractor and the potential detector to provide the device control signal according to the frequency determination signal and the level determination signal,
wherein the pre-amplifier comprises:
a high pass filter, receiving the headset control signal to provide a control reference signal;
a signal amplifier, coupled to the high pass filter to receive the control reference signal and provide an enhanced control signal; and
a filter, coupled to the signal amplifier to receive the enhanced control signal and provide the amplified headset control signal to the device adapter circuit.
2. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
3. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
4. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
5. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
6. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
7. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
8. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory according to
10. The signal transfer method according to
determining a control function of the headset control signal according to the frequency determination signal and the level determination signal by the signal comparison module; and
providing the device control signal corresponding to the control function by the signal comparison module.
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This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan Patent Application No. 105126691, filed on Aug. 22, 2016. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.
The invention is directed to an adapter apparatus and more particularly, to an adapter apparatus for a headset accessory and a signal transfer method of the headset accessory.
Due to tight pace of life, various portable devices that can be conveniently carried have been continuously developed, and designs of the portable devices trend toward light and thin. In the trend toward light and thin, the 3.5 mm earphone jack will be replaced by jacks of other types, such as a lighting jack developed by Apple Inc. or a universal serial bus (USB) jack. Meanwhile, when a headset accessory (e.g., an earphone or a headset) provided with a line control function is coupled to a portable device through an adapter, the headset accessory may only function in audio playback, and may not performing control operations (e.g., start playback, stop playback, pause playback, volume up, volume down, and so on) on the portable device, which leads to influence on the use convenience of the headset accessory.
The invention provides an adapter apparatus for a headset accessory and a signal transfer method of the headset accessory, capable of connecting the headset accessory with the portable device successfully, without affecting a line control function of the headset accessory.
An adapter apparatus of the invention includes an earphone jack, a connection interface and a device adapter circuit. The earphone jack is suitable for a plug of the headset accessory to plug in. The connection interface is suitable for being electrically connected with a portable device. The device adapter circuit is electrically connected to the earphone jack and the connection interface to receive a headset control signal of the headset accessory and provide a device control signal to the portable device via the connection interface. The device adapter circuit includes a signal extractor, a potential detector and a signal comparison module. The signal extractor receives the headset control signal to determine a frequency of the headset control signal and correspondingly provide a frequency determination signal. The potential detector receives the headset control signal to determine a direct current (DC) level of the headset control signal and correspondingly provide a level determination signal. The signal comparison module is coupled to the signal extractor and the potential detector to provide the device control signal according to the frequency determination signal and the level determination signal.
A signal transfer method of a headset accessory of the invention is adapted to an adapter apparatus for a headset accessory. The adapter apparatus for the headset accessory is electrically connected to a headset accessory and a portable device. The signal transfer method includes the following steps. A headset control signal of the headset accessory is received by a device adapter circuit. A frequency of the headset control signal is determined, and a frequency determination signal is correspondingly provided by a signal extractor of the device adapter circuit. A DC level of the headset control signal is determined, and a level determination signal is correspondingly provided by a potential detector of the device adapter circuit. The device control signal is provided to the portable device according to the frequency determination signal and the level determination signal by a signal comparison module of the device adapter circuit.
To sum up, in the adapter apparatus for the headset accessory and the signal transfer method of the headset accessory provided by the embodiments of the invention, the frequency and the DC level of the headset control signal provided by the headset accessory is determined to determine the control function corresponding to the headset control signal and provide the corresponding device control signal to the portable device according to the control function corresponding to the headset control signal. Thereby, the adapter apparatus for the headset accessory can adapt to different signal modes to determine the control function corresponding to the headset control signal, such that the line control function of the headset accessory can still be normally used.
To make the above features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with drawings are described in detail below.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention, and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
The headset accessory adapter apparatus 100 includes an earphone jack 110, a device adapter circuit 120 and a connection interface 130. The earphone jack 110 is suitable for a plug of the headset accessory 10 to plug in, so as to be connected to the headset accessory adapter apparatus 100 and the headset accessory 10 and receive the headset control signal SCE provided by the headset accessory 10. The connection interface 130 is suitable for being electrically connected with a signal receiving module 21 of the portable device 20. The device adapter circuit 120 is electrically connected to the earphone jack 110 and the connection interface 130 to receive the headset control signal SCE of the headset accessory 10 via the earphone jack 110 and provide the device control signal SCD to the signal receiving module 21 of the portable device 20 via the connection interface 130 after obtaining the corresponding device control signal SCD according to the headset control signal SCE of the headset accessory 10.
In the present embodiment, the device adapter circuit 120 includes a signal extractor 121, a potential detector 123 and a signal comparison module 125. The signal extractor 121 receives the headset control signal SCE to determine a frequency of the headset control signal SCE and correspondingly provide a frequency determination signal SFD. The potential detector 123 receives the headset control signal SCE to determine a direct current (DC) level of the headset control signal SCE and correspondingly provide a level determination signal SLD. The signal comparison module 125 is coupled to the signal extractor 121 and the potential detector 123 to provide the device control signal SCD according to the frequency determination signal SFD and the level determination signal SLD.
Furthermore, the signal comparison module 125 determines a control function providing the headset control signal SCE according to the frequency determination signal SFD and the level determination signal SLD and provides the device control signal SCD corresponding to the control function. An example is provided below to describe that the headset control signal SCE is set in different manners for Apple and Android camps. In other words, the headset control signal SCE for the Apple camp may include a DC level or a tone signal, while the headset control signal SCE for the Android camp may include only the DC level.
TABLE 1
Control function
Apple
Android
Play/Pause
0 V bias
0 V bias
Volume up
Tone signal 165 to 175 Hz
0.2 to 0.256 V bias
Volume down
Tone signal 130 to 140 Hz
0.309 to 0.519 V bias
According to the above setting, the headset control signal SCE may be transmitted by the headset accessory 10 of the Apple camp or the Android camp when the frequency determination signal SFD indicates that the headset control signal SCE does not include the tone signal, while the headset control signal SCE should be transmitted by the headset accessory 10 of the Apple camp when the frequency determination signal SFD indicates that the headset control signal SCE includes the tone signal. Then, according to signal characteristics of the headset control signal SCE of the Apple camp or the Android camp (which are illustrated in Table 1), the control function represented by the headset control signal SCE can be identified.
In the embodiments of the invention, the headset accessory adapter apparatus 100 is connected to the portable device 20 in a wired or a wireless manner. Namely, the connection interface 130 is a wired or a wireless connection interface. When the connection interface 130 is a wired connection interface, the signal comparison module 125 provides the device control signal SCD corresponding to the control function of the headset control signal SCE according to a human interface device (HID) profile. When the connection interface 130 is a wireless connection interface, the signal comparison module 125 provides the device control signal SCD corresponding to the control function of the headset control signal SCE according to an HID profile or an audio video remote control profile (AVRCP). Therein, the wired connection interface is, for example, a universal serial bus (USB) interface, and the wireless connection interface is, for example, a Bluetooth interface or a wireless fidelity (WiFi) interface.
The device adapter circuit 120 in the present embodiment is implemented by, for example, a micro-controller. The signal extractor 121 includes, for example, a fast Fourier transform (FFT) processor and a frequency decoder, and the potential detector 123 includes, for example, an analog-to-digital converter. Meanwhile, in the micro-controller, the hardware circuit (e.g., the FFT processor, the frequency decoder and the analog-to-digital converter) commonly calls through an interrupt flag.
In the present embodiment, an operation method of the device adapter circuit 120 includes the following steps. In step S510, the device adapter circuit is activated. In step S520, the potential detector 123 and the signal extractor 121 are initialized to enable basic functions of the potential detector 123 and the signal extractor 121, thereby determining the frequency and the DC level of the headset control signal SCE. In step S530, whether the headset control signal SCE includes a tone signal is determined according to the frequency and the DC level of the headset control signal SCE.
When the headset control signal SCE includes the tone signal, i.e., the determination result of step S530 is “yes”, it represents that a more complicated sampling operation has to be performed on the headset control signal SCE by the signal extractor 121. Then, in step S540, the signal extractor 121 is set to completely activate the signal extractor 121. In step S550, signals output by the potential detector 123 and the signal extractor 121 are read, and the completion of an interrupt behavior is waited.
When the headset control signal SCE does not include the tone signal, i.e., the determination result of step S530 is “no”, it represents that no complicated sampling operation has to be performed on the headset control signal SCE by the signal extractor 121. Thus, step S540 is skipped, and step S550 is directly performed.
In step S560, a control function corresponding to the headset control signal SCE is obtained according to the signals output by the potential detector 123 and the signal extractor 121. Then, the device control signal SCD is transmitted to the portable device 20 in correspondence to the control function of the headset control signal SCE.
Based on the above, in the headset accessory adapter apparatus and the signal transfer method of the headset accessory provided by the embodiments of the invention, the frequency and the DC level of the headset control signal provided by the headset accessory is determined to determine the control function corresponding to the headset control signal and provide the corresponding device control signal to the portable device according to the control function corresponding to the headset control signal. Thereby, the headset accessory adapter apparatus can adapt to different signal modes to determine the control function corresponding to the headset control signal, such that the line control function of the headset accessory can still be normally used.
Although the invention has been disclosed by the above embodiments, they are not intended to limit the invention. It will be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that modifications and variations to the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention will be defined by the appended claims.
Lin, Hung-Chi, Hsieh, Yi-Lin, Lin, Mao-Hung, Jhang, Syue-Yu
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